Sparky said - "Flew it for 19 years and crashed in a landing accident around 2001."
What Sparky doesn't mention is that in trying to "keep it light," he lost his rudder because the tubing he and Murray used to fabricate the rudder pedals broke at a critical moment when he was caught by a gust on landing. **************** Jeff said - "We flew in formation with each other for roughly 1150 nautical miles I don't think either of us ever ran at full throttle more than a few minutes to catch the other guy if we got separated." I continue to be mystified when I read things like this (flying with partial throttle). Unless you're down low, who flies with partial throttle? Somebody obviously had to pull throttle to slow down so the other could keep up. Either that or, as with Richard Shirley's Jabiru, both Jeff and Joe had to fly at partial power to prevent overheating :-). "Flying at partial throttle is exactly the same as flying with a plugged-up air filter." (paraphrasing John Deakin). *********** I see Tommy Womack's KR is on Barnstormer's. *********** Looking through early KR newsletters I see that Colin flew his KR from the UK to Australia in 2003, so he's clearly an old hand at going places in his KR. Mike Stirewalt KSEE ____________________________________________________________ The #1 Worst Carb Ever? Click to Learn #1 Carb that Kills Your Blood Sugar (Don't Eat This!) http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5410a5efd79a225ef5fe6st02vuc
